Globe cover and holder



March 24, 1925.

F. w. WAKEFIELD GLOBE covsn AND HOLDER File'd NcFi. 5, 1922 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEYS v Fate-rated Mar. 24, 1925.

.UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE,

FREDERICK W. WAKEFIELD, OF VERIVIILION, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE F. W. TAKE- FIELD BRASS COMPANY, OF VERFIILION, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO:

GLOBE COVER Ann noLnnn.

Application filed November 3, 1922. Serial No. 598,780.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. VVAKE- FIELD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Vermilion, county of Erie, and State of Ohio, have invented anew and use tul Improvement in Globe Covers and Holders, of which the following is a spool lication, the principle of the invention being herein explained, and the best mode in which I have contemplated applying that principle,

so as to distinguish it from other inventions.

The present invention relates to'lighting fixtures and more particularly to a globe holder. The object of the present invention is the provision of easily operable globe holding means. The present holder therefore is provided with the usual drop flange into which a globe fits the globe having the usual turned over or enlarged rim and movable means are provided on the holder flange for engagement therewith, the means being normally out of engagingposition but being readily moved into engaging position and locked in place. To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, said invention, then, consists of the means hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The annexed drawing and the following description set forth in detail certain mechanism embodying the invention, such disclosed means constituting, however, but one of various mechanical forms in which the principle of the invention may be used.

In said annexed drawing Fig. 1 is an elevational view of a holder en'ibodying one form of my holding means; Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2-4 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a broken elevation of a modified form; Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55 of Fig. 4; and Fig. 6 is a section on the line 66 of Fig. 5.

In Fig. 1 there is shown the usual bell shaped globe holder 1 having the usual chain support 2 and the present holder is illustrated as having a straight depending or vertical flange 3 at the bottom with the usual rolled edge 4. In this flange are cut a plurality of slots 5,which are long slots parallel to the rim of the holder. Preferably three such slots will be employed although the number and length will vary with the size and design of the holder.

In the form shown in Figs. 1 to 3, the holding means consist of a spring band 6 long enough to surround the flange and one end of the band is provided'with a. turned up end 7 and a slot 8 and a hook or latch member 9. The other end 10 of the band is cut away to form an ear 11 which is turned at right angles to the band and this ear is provided with a hole. A handle or finger grip 12 is attached tothe band, this handle corresponding to the turned up end 7.

Attached to the band are a plurality of globe holding members 13 which are flat plates with concave inner edges and these plates are adapted to pass through the slots in the flange and extend inwardly thereof to engage under the globe rim 14. As shown the plates are passed through slots 15 in the band andare formed with two ears which are bent flat against the band. on the outside and then riveted thereto. The plates may be brazed or welded to the band if desired. Each plate has a hooked end 16 or extending point, the two plates near split ends of the band having the points turned away from the split so that in the open position the points will engage with the edge of the slot and hold the plates in the position shownin Fig. 5. The band may be riveted or secured to the flange at a point. approximately opposite the split or it may be entirely free and merely clamped around the same and locked together at the ends.

In the form shown in Figs. 4.- to,6, instead of a continuous band, I employ a series of spring strips 20, each strip having a holding member or plate 21 similar to the plates 13 and the strip is riveted or secured at one end to the flange and the other end is formed with a bent up finger grip 22' and with a notch 28 or the like adapted to be engaged back of a headed pin or rivet 24 to secure the strip flat against the flange with the plates extending through the slots in their globe holding position.

Both forms present spring pressed holders I which Wlll normally disengage themselves from the globe but which will remainin the slots in the flange to the ends 16 and they are easily forced back into holding position and securely locked therein, the finger grips being easily manipulated to move the holding member. The devices are neat in appearance and simple and inexpensive to manufacture and attach and furnish secure globe holding means when in position.

Other modes of applying the principle of my invention may be employed instead of the one explained, change being made as regards the mechanism herein disclosed, pro- Vided the means stated by any of the following claims or the equivalent of such stated means be employed.

I therefore particularly point out and distinctly claim as'my invention 1. In a lighting fixture, the combination of a globe holder of general bell shape open at the bottom, said holder having a plurality of slots adjacent the rim and parallel thereto, and a plurality of spring. members attached at one end to said holder and having inwardly projecting plates adapted to enter such slots to engage and hold a globe in said holder, said plates being provided with means for preventing complete outward movement from the slots and means for lock ing said members to said holder in globe engaging position.

2. In a lighting fixture, the combination of a globe holder of general bell shape having a Vertical depending globe receiving flange at the open end, a plurality of slots in said flange parallel to the rim of the holder, and flat spring strips formed with inwardly projecting plates, each strip being attached to said flangeadjacent one ofsuch slots and being normally sprung away from said flange but being adapted to be forced snugly adjacent said flange to move said projecting plate through such slot to its globe engaging and holding position, each plate being pro vided with an extending point to limit outward movement ofthe plate through its slot and interlocking means on each such strip and flange to receive said strip in globe holding position.

Signed by me this 1st day ofNovember,

FREDERICK WAKEFIELD. 

